Washington • In December 2016, then-President-elect Trump sent word that, when it came to government spending, there was a new sheriff in town.
"Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion," he tweeted. "Cancel order!"
With great fanfare, Trump opened talks with Boeing and as recently as June declared that he had forced Boeing to knock $1.6 billion off the price. He boasted about his negotiating triumph over and over.
Welp. The Pentagon just put out its first formal acquisition report on the presidential planes, and the new cost is .